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Posted by: TheAsterisk
The Elite's shields are not activated solely for high-velocity projectiles, as we can melee an Elite while facing him and still observe the shields flare from the impact. Their shields can be assumed to be on at all times, at least for visible (no camo) Elites actively involved in combat.
Has anyone considered the effects of a Spartan's MJOLNIR V/VI shield systems rubbing up against an Elite's shields? We know Cortana could use the Mk.V shields to (adversely) affect Forerunner generators on Halo (04), so would it really be so strange to think that perhaps direct contact between shield systems causes trouble for one or the other or both? Perhaps a weakening in those shield systems, or a heightened vulnerability at certain points in the shielding, etc.?
As a nitpick, someone mentioned that the sniper rifle is roughly .85 caliber. Unless you're talking about the Guass weapon Johnson used in Contact Harvest, which I am admittedly less familiar with, no. The sniper rifle used in the Halo campaigns is something like 14.5 mm, which would be roughly .57 caliber. Still a big gun, but not as big.
Which supports my theory that the fields that contain the plasma and maintain the shields interfere with eachother.
Also, the M99 fires a much smaller round. I believe it is a .21 caliber, giving it the kinetic energy of roughly 225kJ, which kinda explains why people hit with it get torn apart, that is roughly 1/3-1/5 of the energy released from a grenade.